Clean Team is back in action in Sea View

Staten Island Advance/Mark SteinStaten Island Borough President James P. MolinaroâÂÂs Clean Team is back in business. It is comprised of C.A.S.E.S. (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services) clients. One of their first acts involved cleaning large amounts of debris from a section of Manor Road in Sea View.

WEST SHORE -- Trash strewn across Manor Road in Sea View was removed last week from the wooded area near Susan E. Wagner High School and two campgrounds, courtesy of Borough President James P. Molinaro‘s Clean Team.

The unwanted junk — among it, car parts, spare tires, a giant stuffed banana and some black garbage bags — were taken from a stretch of road near William H. Pouch Scout Camp and the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds.

“Like many roads across our borough, Manor Road and Brielle Avenue are frequent sites of illegal dumping, overgrown brush and litter,” Molinaro said. “There was even a car frame broken into pieces. The Department of Sanitation has removed the car frame, and I would like to thank Chief Ralph Reed for his assistance with this location.”

The Clean Team will continue to work on Manor Road and Brielle Avenue in the coming weeks. Since last fall, the crew has cleaned roadsides in the St. George area, including the main corridors of Richmond Terrace, Bay Street, Hyatt Street, and Stuyvesant Place, in addition to their work in the Mid-Island near the Greenbelt, according to the Borough President’s website, www.statenislandusa.com.

The Clean Team was previously comprised of inmates from the now-closed Arthur Kill Correctional Facility. It is once again able to tackle the borough’s litter and overgrown brush thanks to a partnership with C.A.S.E.S. (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services). C.A.S.E.S. is operated under the auspices of New York City Criminal Court, and serves low-level offenders from Staten Island, providing them with the opportunity to do community service as an alternative to incarceration.

The Borough President’s staff, in partnership with C.A.S.E.S. and with assistance from the Department of Sanitation, will continue roadside clean-ups, weather permitting, throughout the winter.

The junk includes large candles, tires, black trash bags, an item that appeared to be a folded carpet, clothing and more.

According to Sanitation Department spokeswoman Kathy Dawkins, the city agency cleaned a stretch of Gulf that was accessible two weeks ago.

“Since the area is mostly wetlands that the Department, by law, can not enter and clean, the Department can only clean a small area along the curbside,” she added. “The Department is aware that there is some litter along the curbside in several spots which the Department will clean this week.”

Molinaro’s Clean Team has placed Gulf on its list for upcoming projects.

Any property cleaned by the Clean Team must be city property and it must have an extreme amount of litter. For assistance, call the Borough President’s help line at 718-816-2000.

Do you know of another site ruined by dumping? Email shores@siadvance.com.